Support Ukraine independence! Join fight against Moscow invasion

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023

With its invading forces unable to overcome staunch Ukrainian resistance, Moscow resumed long-range airstrikes aimed at doing maximum damage to civilians, their homes and work sites in Ukraine at the end of April. Working people there are at the center…



May 1 rallies push for stronger unions, rights of immigrants

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023
Farmworkers lead march for immigrant and workers’ rights in Yakima, Washington, May 1.

NEW YORK — International Workers Day marches and protests across the United States and in the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico May 1 — like similar actions all over the world — attracted working people and youth looking for ways…


Chernobyl disaster result of Stalinist contempt for workers

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023

On April 26, 1986 — 37 years ago — the people of Ukraine bore the brunt of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, the explosion, fire and meltdown at the Chernobyl power plant. It was a catastrophe denied by Soviet authorities…


Join fight for a working-class road forward!

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023

Statement by Seth Galinsky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Council, May 3.  There are more openings to strengthen our unions today, to join labor and working-class struggles and to build solidarity. Working people need to be prepared…



Working people across Cuba mobilize for May Day actions

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023
April 14 assembly in Santiago de Cuba drew unionists and community organizations preparing their participation in upcoming International Workers Day celebrations across the island.

HAVANA, May 1 — The capitalist media, from the New York Times to the Miami Herald to BBC, ran articles today proclaiming “Cuba cancels May Day parade” or something similar. These assertions are false, as Militant reporters and others actually…


Canada federal workers strike ends, unionists voting on contract

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023
Picket line in Montreal April 19, first day of strike by 155,000 public workers across Canada. Key issue was pay increase to cover inflation. Most workers will vote on contract soon.

MONTREAL — A 12-day nationwide strike by 120,000 federal government workers ended May 1 with a tentative agreement between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the government. Wage increases were the overriding issue in the strike. Workers will vote…


The low point of labor resistance is behind us

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023

Below are excerpts from the preface to The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward by SWP leader Mary-Alice Waters. Copyright © 2023 by Pathfinder Press. Reprinted by permission. The articles and documents…